Our Sound Universe— the Music of Susan Alexjander
Frequently Asked Questions
BioMusic:
A Cosmology of Tone
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This site is to introduce you to my work as a composer and researcher.
Nature is alive with macro/micro harmony. Rhythms of breath and heart, DNA, stars, water, and Earth invite us into this dance of frequency.
Upcoming Events
OCEAN, An Experiential Art Installation at Historic Oddfellows Hall
10480 Kasten Street Mendocino, CA
July 9th, 10th 2010
This installation is designed to create a total immersion experience - a deep remembering of how essential the ocean is to life.
Thais Mazur, artistic director/producer
Susan
Alexjander,
sound design and composer
Michael Stocker, presenter: ocean’s soundscape
Lisa
Denning, filmmaker
Friday July 9th: Oddfellows Hall: 7:00-8:00 pm
Presentation talk by M.Stocker and S. Alexjander, plus premiere of
Ocean for cello
(Myra Joy) and voice (Ana Lucas).
Saturday July 10th: Oddfellows Hall: 5:00 -8:00 pm
Gallery installation: sound, film and sculpture
Ocean is a new experiential gallery installation bringing the magic and beauty of whales through sound and film, opening at Oddfellows Hall in Mendocino for Second Saturday July 10th. Shown in tandem with the MAPA art show through out the month of July, this unique gallery installation has been designed by local artist Thaïs Mazur and composer Susan Alexjander to “deepen our experience of the ocean.”
The gallery will feature stunning footage of humpback whales under water, shot by filmmaker Lisa Denning who has worked throughout the world filming marine mammals. Moving images will be projected onto fabric stretched across 30 ft-long screens hung in the middle of the gallery to create a surround-image experience. Alexjander's accompanying soundtrack, Coming on the Backs of Whales , combines underwater sounds of whales and other marine creatures. (This soundtrack is an excerpt from a larger orchestral work which will premiere on Earth Day, 2012).
On Friday, July 9th there will be a special presentation featuring Alexjander and bio-acousticscientist Michael Stocker speaking about the mysterious ocean soundscape, how underwater lifecommunicates through sound, and the importance of protecting that fragile world. The premiere of Ocean will be performed by vocalist Ana Lucas and cellist Myra Joy. Reflecting on theupcoming installation, Alexjander says. “We are finally beginning to evolve enough to see, feel and hear relationships with all things and to find our place there... it’s ecstatic remembering! That’s what Ocean is about... helping us to remember our intimate relationship with the life-giving waters.”
Susan Alexjander and Thaïs Mazur will be interviewed by Janie Rezner on Women's Voices, KZYX, Monday, July 5th at 7 pm.
FLUID: A collaboration with sculptor Rebecca Kamen: Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center, Washington, DC September 9 -October 30, 2010. Opening tentatively for scheduled on September 10, 2010... http://www.smithfarm.com/gallery/
"See deep enough, and you see musically; The heart of Nature being everywhere music, If you can only reach it."
—Thomas Carlyle